History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Royal Air Force, Operation Sea Lion, Royal Military Canal
10 Oct 2016
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Invasion scares from the spanish armada to hitler: england under siege. Invasion literature: the battle of brockville, the battle of los angeles. Instances in which panic is rationale, and makes sense; for example, living in a village where nearby villages are experiencing black death it is rational to panic; If pa(cid:374)i(cid:272) is se(cid:374)si(cid:271)le, it is(cid:374)"t pa(cid:396)a(cid:374)oia it"s good-thinking. But there have been circumstances where threats of invasion have been fictitious: 2 types; 1. Panic is real, but the th(cid:396)eat is(cid:374)"t; (cid:1006). Same situations, different responses: england under siege: Over history, british isles have been successfully invaded 4 times: 1. B(cid:396)itai(cid:374)"s defe(cid:374)(cid:272)e has histo(cid:396)i(cid:272)ally (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:449)ate(cid:396); the e(cid:374)glish cha(cid:374)(cid:374)el. There were 3 occasions in which threat of invasion was grave but no widespread panic; British broke away from roman catholic church, became protestant, and hated catholic church, thinking they plotted to take over england; anti-catholic hysteria behind public panic.
